2025 Oscar Predictions: One Last Look at the Nominees
Awards Focus Deputy Awards Editor Matt Koss and Senior Staff Writer Ben Lei take one last look at the 2025 Oscar nominations and share their picks on who will win.
‘Flow’ Movie Review
Deputy Awards Editor Matthew Koss reviews Best Animated Feature nominee 'Flow' on "The Wandering Screen"
Oscar-Winning ‘Anora’ Producer Samantha Quan on Awards Season Success
Note: This interview was originally conducted before the Academy Awards. We're reposting it to celebrate Anora's Oscar wins.
Anora has had an incredible journey over the course of the past year, from winnin... Read More...
Oscar-Winning Producer Alex Coco Talks ‘Anora’
Note: This interview was originally conducted before the Academy Awards. We're reposting it to celebrate Anora's Oscar wins.
It’s been an incredible few days for the team behind Anora, the scrappy, widely b... Read More...
Dorian Film Awards: ‘The Substance’ and Film’s Star Demi Moore Score Big with LGBTQ Critics
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics has announced the winners of its 2025 Dorian Film Awards.
Academy Award Nominated Songwriters Camille & Clément Ducol on Interweaving Musical Genres in ‘Emilia Perez’
Songwriters Camille and Clément Ducol of 'Emilia Perez' sat down with Awards Focus to discuss the compositional threads connecting the film’s soundtrack.
‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Movie Review
Deputy Awards Editor Matthew Koss reviews Marvel's latest, 'Captain America: Brave New World', on The Wandering Screen
Academy Award Nominated Director Chris Sanders on Animating with Dimension on ‘The Wild Robot’
Filmmaker Chris Sanders finished the week by watching The Wild Robot sweep every category in which it was nominated at the 52nd Annie Awards. Next up for The Wild Robot is the Oscars in March, where it is nomi... Read More...
‘A Complete Unknown’ Sound Team on Building a Concert Through Sound Design
The Oscar-nominated sound team for "A Complete Unknown" broke down some of the key sequences in the film as well as working with James Mangold. Ted Caplan (Supervising Music Editor), Paul Massey (Re-Recording ... Read More...
Inside the Minds of International Filmmakers: A Conversation at SBIFF 2025
The 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF)'s International Features Panel and a thought-provoking look at the world of international filmmaking.